A New Way of Doing

As a yearbook teacher I'm constantly searching for the easiest way of making processes as streamlined as possible. One of the questions that plagues me is how to organize pictures the most effectively. Flickr may be my answer. At four pictures uploaded, I've used 2% of my space for the month, but I could have each student set up an account, and surely wouldn't exceed that space for each month. I could also pay for an account and have unlimited storage, but I wouldn't be able to manage who uploaded what, so there would be no accountability for the students. We could also spend a lot time talking about posting pictures and how that practice needs to be as private as possible if students are in the pictures. This would meet the NETS-S 1,2, and 5.

I enjoyed the process of uploading pictures with Flicr, but it seemed a bit slow. I do like that there is editing software available through the site as well, which could also aid in a better yearbook. I did have to refresh the page a few times for the editing software to load, but once it did, it was fairly intuitive.

The whole idea of photo sharing proves how much people are willing to share and post on the Internet. The whole world can see pictures of children and families, comment on them, and sometimes send them to others. This is a freeing and terrifying thought. More and more people are learning how to abuse the freedom of the Internet, and it's scary to think of how quickly pictures can fall into the wrong hands. Flickr offers the privacy options, but I wonder sometimes if people are able to decide whether or not something should be private or public.